ASSESSMENT

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Formative assessments will be conducted through all phases of independent/group activities. Such assessments will seek 'teachable moments' and will include questioning processes or concepts and providing feedback as students progress. Participation points will be awarded as deemed necessary for student motivation.


Proposed Rubric for content areas and cumulative project:


SCIENCE:
 Possible Points
 Earned Points
Precisely followed and recorded lab procedures
 5
Correctly recorded quantitative data in table, including calculation of mass lost
 5
Recorded qualitative data for each slice
 5
Drew valid conclusions from lab results and expressed them clearly, including visual representations.
 5



SOCIAL STUDIES

Presence of research notes / organizer
 5
Clearly written summary of research performed - content
 5
Appropriate citations
 5
Correct conventions (punctuation, spelling, format)
 5



MATH (Geometry)

Accurate calculation of base
 4
Accurate calculation of surface area
 4
Accurate determination of # of stones and reasoning
 4
Accurate calculation of volume
4
Scale drawing of Great Pyramid, correctly labeled.
 4



ENGLISH

List of questions prepared prior to field trip, min. 10
 3
Journal of answers and additional facts, observations of artifacts, other notes from field trip
 3
Accurate and complete sequence of burial events
 3
Creative, descriptive narrative (student’s choice of format - diary, letter, story, dialogue)
 8
Correct structure and conventions in narrative
 3



CUMULATIVE PROJECT

Presentation well organized and aesthetically pleasing
 5
Font type and size appropriate
5
Appropriate images incorporated and properly cited
 5
Components of all content lessons evident and connected
 10
Correct Conventions (spelling, grammar)
 5
Presentation
 10